Just back

Quoted from cmackenzie4

What was the crowd, anyone know?

Bored and dispondant mainly  

Quoted from cmackenzie4

What was the crowd, anyone know?

3350 ish. 92 of theirs.

Thanks ginny

Good first five minutes and we came out obviously charged up, early goal & then the batteries run flat. Cheltenham were another poor team but clearly have a game plan which will see them alright but will not bring any entertainment to grounds they visit.

Travelling home we were pretty much broken men with the same opinions as expressed in above posts. Defensively we are pretty sound and full of praise for Reece Johnson on his debut and he could, and probably should have, capped it off with a goal when he cut inside.

Vernam clearly out of position and contributed little, Malik has good turn of pace and needs to add composure but some potential there. Matt is Matt, unfairly treated by refs in my opinion but struggles to hold the ball as did Jackson who apart from the goal did little.

Midfield, loose description as non- existent and Clifton and/ or Mc Allister have to play before Berrett and because we are so poor we must play three in there to give us some chance of retaining and retrieving the ball.

Gloomy days ahead.

I guess part of the problem is that whoever comes in is under pressure to instantly make their mark.
The start couldn't have been better. The sense of relief both on and off the pitch when Jackson stuck away his effort was palpable. IF we'd have got the second soon after from that bit of a scramble then I've no doubt we'd have gone on to win.
Cheltenham came into it beginning a domination over midfield they retained for the rest of the game. We got very lucky with the clearance off the line in the build up to Collins' injury because when Mills(?) got to it he and the ball were a good two feet over the line. We got very unlucky with Collins injury. It also limited Slade's ability to make tactical substitutions again.
Rest of the first half was pretty desperate.A lot of the second half was the same. An equaliser was always likely.
After they'd scored I thought we gave it a good go. Jackson was inches away from instant folk hero status from DJs cross cum shot and Matt..oh dear! One ounce of composure and the points were ours.
Positives?  Hall-Johnston and Jackson's debuts. Killip is really growing in confidence although our defenders deserve credit for keeping much stuff away from him under intense aerial pressure. The fans who got behind the team even at 1.1
Negatives? I watched Dembele tear Cheltenham apart for over 40 minutes at their place but thought he didn't deliver today in what most around me thought was a good substitution by Slade.
Amusement Factors? The guys in the Upper Findus who unveiled a banner upside down and inside out which added to the circus atmosphere.
The concerted noise from the Pontoon blaming Pell for the refs "injury" in an ultimately failed bid to get him punished..

Dembele looks like a Player whose confidence s been shot to shitrags poor kid typified by that terrible effort on goal. Matt's effort was woeful why he tried to blast the ball when a simply placed shot was all that was needed only he will know.

Quoted from Balthazar Bullitt

The only tackle berret won all afternoon was the one on the ref!

And for those of you who weren’t there this is actually factual  

First 15 going forward with intent, after that utter excrement again.
If we had been playing a decent side we would have been hammered.
Wilks was good first off but ran out of steam.
Summerfield MOM for his effort.
Slade just has not got a clue.
I will be watching the rest of the games this season but no chance of me buying a ST again if this clown is still in charge.


We are excrement and I can't see us winning another game this season.
Thanks Mr Fenty

General comments above accepted but I quibble at some criticism of Jackson's second half. He worked hard and got into good positions when we broke . Not his fault if the supply was wanting. For his size, he dealt with the high ball much better than Matt who should have been swapped for Clifton or DJ much earlier to improve our passing and ball retention.
Slade again failed to manage the game. It was evident after 10 minutes that Vernam is no right winger. Considering the imbalances in selection and loss of Collins we were lucky not to lose.
Reece Hall was excellent in a pressure situation. Can he play left back ?
Berrett was his anonymous self.
Matt capped a poor half with his shocking miss.

Jackson movement off the ball, and runs he was making was very good IMO, if he had received the balls he wanted, the result would be different.

It all comes down to a lack a creativity in the middle, and we had that with Osborne.

Summerfield is a worker, but won't contribute with assists or goals.

Hall-johnson guy looked a good player, and Malik also had a good game.

The others just average as normal.

But I don't think the problem is the players, as I strongly believe we have a team good enough to sit comfortably in mid table, We just dont have a manager good enough to get them there